Search & Seizure

The attaching of a GPS device to a vehicle, and the use of that device to monitor the vehicle's movements, constitute a search under the Fourth Amendment, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled....

Police could conduct a search of a domestic violence suspect's home based on the consent of his common law wife - even though a short time earlier the man had expressly refused to...

The natural dissipation of blood-alcohol evidence did not constitute an exigent circumstance justifying the warrantless taking of a blood sample from a drunk driver, the Missouri Supreme Court has ruled in affirming a...

The American Bar Association has weighed in on a case pending before the U.S. Supreme Court over whether a lawyer in private practice hired by a city can claim qualified immunity from a...

Locally based Sensient Flavors LLC is fighting back with a fury in federal court, following months of intense federal and state scrutiny of the health risks at its Indianapolis plant. The flavorings manufacturer,...

Crime-Fighting Pioneer John Walsh Puts Two Fugitives Wanted for Murder Behind Bars WASHINGTON & CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- John Walsh's pioneering series, America's Most Wanted, television's top crime-fighting show, has already made a difference...

A drunk driving defendant's Fourth Amendment rights were not violated when he was subjected to a blood draw at a hospital before the arrival of the search warrant authorizing the procedure, the Iowa...

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The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether the police's use of trained narcotics sniffing dogs at the front door of a suspect's house is a search under the Fourth Amendment requiring...

Constitutional Claims and Civil Rights Student and parents sought review of summary judgment granted in favor of school district and college regarding violations of stuent's free exercise of religion and right to due...

Articles Joseph P. Liu, Sports Merchandising, Publicity Rights, and the Missing Role of the Sports Fan, 52 B.C. L. Rev. 493 (2011). This article discusses how the current use of sports merchandising is...

A child pornography suspect's open acknowledgement that he might destroy his computer justified the warrantless seizure of the device by police, the Utah Supreme Court has ruled in reversing a suppression order. Police...

Police may have violated the Fourth Amendment when they searched a passenger's backpacks in conjunction with the consent search of a motor vehicle, the Utah Supreme Court has ruled. The defendant was one...

BENSALEM, Pa. -- Law Offices of Howard G. Smith announces that all purchasers of the common stock of Imperial Holdings, Inc. ("Imperial" or the "Company") (NSYE:IFT) pursuant and/or traceable to the Company's Registration...

A police officer didn't violate the Fourth Amendment when he retrieved glass pipes from a driver's pockets during the course of a pat down for weapons, the 10th Circuit has ruled in affirming...

Scott Pattison told police that he came home from work and found his wife with a weight bar pinned across her throat. His account of his wife's tragic death may have held up...

LOS ANGELES -- Glancy Binkow & Goldberg LLP announces that all persons or entities who purchased or otherwise acquired the common stock of Imperial Holdings, Inc. ("Imperial" or the "Company") (NYSE:IFT) pursuant and/or...

The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court are searching for a standard to apply to determine whether qualified immunity protects police who conduct a search on a warrant that was facially valid, but...

NEW YORK -- The law firm of Wohl & Fruchter LLP has been retained by an investor to investigate class action claims on behalf of shareholders of Imperial Holdings, Inc. (Imperial) (NYSE: IFT)...